Identity
Person No.
21619
Service No.
4457
Last Name
First Name
Cecil George
Initials
C G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes
Son of Emily and the late Major William Robert Robertson, of 92, Pine Terrace, Pine Street East, Durban, S.A.; stepson of S. Frazer.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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K.M. Jordan — DLI research (ABW / WWI ROH)
K.M. Jordan, Durban Light Infantry: WWI Roll of Honour ("Work in Progress" draft, July/Aug 2026; email to John/Bobby, 3 Sep 2026). Local file data/jordan_dli_wwi_roh_2026-08.pdf (Downloads: "1. Durban Light Infantry WWI ROH - July, Aug 2026.pdf"). WWI ROH #125 Corporal ROBERTSON, Cecil George, age 22, Force No 4457, 1st South African Infantry Brigade: Born JHB, ZAR January 1896; worked as a fireman with the SAR&H before enlistment; served with Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914-1915; served with the 2nd Regiment in France; WIA at Deville Wood July 1916; WIA (epigastrium / abdomen) 4/4/1918; WIA (thigh – serious); died of wounds. (His brother Maurice Robertson also died in WWI.) Buried/commemorated: La Kreule Military Cemetery, Hazebrouck, Nord, France. (Also, on the Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWI Memorials & on SAR&H WWI Memorials in Durban & Bloemfontein Railway stations.)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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